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haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky correspondent, the Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look at the industry to keep us all sane. If you have any off-beat yarns that illustrate the stranger, or sillier, side of the business, he'd like to hear from you. As a softhearted old bird, he's also happy to publicise charitable works— and is always interested in events for the vintage vehicles he drove as a fledgling. Drop the Hawk a line at Commercial Motor, Bird's Eye View, Rm H203, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS, or fax him on 0181 652 8969.
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fondue occurred recently on the A483 near Llandovery in West Wales, when a lorry carrying 20 tonnes of Red Leicester and Scottish Mature Cheddar caught fire. Driver Paul Davies, on his way from Oswestry, Shropshire, to a food factory in Carmarthen, managed to escape unhurt and alerted Hi e emergency services. Unfortunately his 235,000 trailer was destroyed in the blaze and the roadside oozed with the melted cheeses as local traffic was diverted. It took council workers several hours to shovel the culinary seepage into skips. I should think it will be a while before any of them can look at a Welsh Rarebit again!